Hilton Antwerp, Belgium | 15 – 17 June 2021
Creating technological solutions for refining engineers through interactive collaboration
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Refiners
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Co-Host Sponsor
After discussions with our refining stakeholders and co-host, Total, we have chosen to postpone the 4th edition of ERTC: Ask the Experts to 15 – 17 June 2021 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The health and safety of our network is our top priority and we believe that next year will be the perfect time to regather with our unique interactive sessions, industry experts, outdoor activities and drinks reception. You will still also have the opportunity to visit Total’s biggest refinery on the continent and Europe’s third largest.
To keep updated on the 2021 plans, just register your interest by pressing the button below or contact the team.
Unique Formats
Thanks to our extensive refining network at the World Refining Association, we have been able to collate the pressing onsite issues faced by Europe’s process engineers. With their questions to hand, we are looking for experts from across the globe to answer their problems in four exciting formats.
Thanks to our extensive refining network at the World Refining Association, we have been able to collate the pressing onsite issues faced by Europe’s process engineers. With their questions to hand, we are looking for experts from across the globe to answer their problems in four exciting formats.
Experts in Action
These are short, sharp and snappy demonstrations highlighting the latest technology or solution with practical insight and explanation to application in a refinery.
You can present in a variety of ways but the main rule is that text and PowerPoints are banned.
Expert Q+A Panels
Your panel will be made up of both refiners and technology providers. Questions will be posed to you through the live interactive app Sli.do and live from the floor with our chuckable microphone. The moderator will guide the discussion and direct the specific questions for you to answer.
Be prepared to apply your practical refining knowledge to answer questions that will come from a wide range of themes.
Technical Workshops & Roundtables
Some problems cannot be resolved with a simple answer, which is why we have dedicated extended workshops and roundtables to get to the bottom of the issue. This allows for in-depth conversations to gauge engineer opinions and cross-industry knowledge sharing which cannot be achieved back in the office.
Topics
ERTC: Ask the Experts is the chance to collaborate directly with process engineers of Europe’s major refineries. The industry is at a crossroads and refiners are on the hunt for their burning technical questions to be answered. This is the opportunity for technology and solution providers with extensive experience in the field to build relationships with new customers with your latest solutions.
Can you offer your expertise and solutions to our topics? Get in touch with Sandil Sanmugam on [email protected] or +44 207 384 7744.
Hydroprocessing
Renewable/ Alternative Fuels
Alkylation
FCC
Crude & Vacuum Distillation
Shutdown & Turnaround Preparations
Reforming & Isomerisation
Who attends ERTC Ask the Experts?
Total Antwerp Refinery Visit
After more than five years of work and capital expenditure of more than €1 billion, Antwerp — Total’s largest refining and petrochemicals complex in Europe — has completed its transformation. The complex is composed of a refinery that processes 338,000 barrels of crude oil per day, apetrochemical plant that manufactures base chemicals and a facility that produces polymers. It has been completely reorganized to meet three objectives: respond to market demand by manufacturing more light products that meet the strictest environmental standards, make the complex more flexible so it can use the most cost-advantaged feedstocks available and increase synergies between refining and petrochemicals.
With its 1,700 employees, Antwerp is poised to become one of Total’s most competitive complexes.
Experts
Sølvi Storsæter Bjørgum
Managing Director, Equinor Refining Denmark
Stephane Montmasson
Chief FCC Technologist, Global Customer Service, W. R. Grace & Co.
Tom Ventham
Sales & Technical, FCC, Unicat & G. W. Aru, LLC
Koenraad Herrebout
Head of Technical Assistance, Refining and Petrochemicals, Total
Austin Schneider
Director of Technology, Crystaphase
Tom Huizinga
Business Development Manager, Avantium
José Soto Baron
Head of Hydrotreating and Lead on Alkylation Development, Repsol
Olivier Ducreux
Adsorbents Business Line Manager - Adsorbents & Claus Department, Axens
Per Zeuthen
General Manager - Catalyst Marketing, Haldor Topsoe
Clint Arnold
Director Business Development, ZymeFlow
Frederik Baars
Technical Fellow for Refining Technology, Fluor
Stefano Melis
Global Hydroprocessing Advisor, Albemarle
Norbert Kovac
Process Engineer, Slovnaft
Constantinos Plellis
Aspropyrgos Refinery Technical Director, Hellenic
Jari Marci
Principal Consultant, Petrogenium
Dominique Tassignon
Commercial Director, Europe, Veolia Mobile Water Services
Lewis Kenyon
Hydroprocessing & Renewables Technical Specialist, UOP
Rob Van Der Mejj
Director, Reactor Resources, LLC
Jumal Shah
Hydrogen Specialist, Johnson Matthey
Lucia Basile
Technical Consultant – Hydroprocessing Catalysts, Albemarle Catalysts Company B.V.
Bojan Loncar
Turnaround Manager, INA
Colin Schaverien
Practice Leader Renewable Resources, Petrogenium
Tamás Németh
Process Development Engineer, MOL
Dave Fowler
Technical Services Manager, FCC, W. R. Grace & Co.
Songül Kandaz
Technical Consultant, FCC, Albemarle
Rebeca García Jiménez
Process Engineer, Refinery La Rábida-Huelva, CEPSA
Sébastien Decker
Refining Processes Expert, Total
Jacques Beuckelaers
Antwerp Platform General Manager, Total
Philippe D’Hainaut
Alkylation Expert, Total
Randy Alexander
Partner, Reactor Resources, LLC
Sanda Telen
Technical Consultant, Oilcon Oil&Energy Consulting
Claudia Prati
Operations Manager, Taranto Refinery, Eni
Mark van den Broek
Technical Fellow for Material, Corrosion & Welding, Fluor
David Williams
Global Business Development Manager, Berthold
Macarena Cabrera Gil
Chemical Engineer, Refinery Gibraltar-San-Roque, CEPSA
János Mészáros
Process Technologist - Reformer, HPP, NHT Specialist, MOL Group
Katja Cvitanovic
Processing Area Manager, INA
Eva Andersson
Refinery Industry Manager, Global Technology, Alfa Laval
Arnaud Selman
Senior Process Engineer, Total
Rajesh Sivadasan
Hydroprocessing Expert, UOP
Jake Gotham
Director, InSite Technical Services
Niels Bech
Principal Engineer Process Technology, Oil and Gas Refining, Equinor
Francis Humblot
New Business & Services Developer for Oil & Gas Market, Arkema
Timo Spaninks
Business Development & Digitization Manager Pernis Site, Shell
Kim Jooste
VP Downstream Projects & Technology, MOL Group
Lukáš Gašparovič
Process Engineer, Slovnaft
Laurent-Alain Brun
Head of Process Networking Group for Distillation, Total
Claus-Peter Hälsig
Vice President Process & Technology, Fluor
Carl Keeley
Key Account & Regional Sales Manager, Oil and Gas Refineries, Europe, Johnson Matthey
Sabeeth Srikantharajah
Additives & Technical Account Manager EMEA, BASF
ERTC Ask the Experts last year in Austria
Venue and Accommodation
Event Address
Groenplaats 32, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Our Team
Get in touch with us if you would like to discuss involvement opportunities at ERTC Ask the Experts:
Sandil Sanmugam
Portfolio Director, Europe
t:+44 207 384 7744
Ivan Lukyanenka
Business Development Manager
t: +44 207 384 7995
Kelly Tea
Marketing Manager
t: +44 207 384 7807
Maxence Michaud-Daniel
Delegate Sales Manager
t: +44 207 384 7983